السُحبُ تُرضِعُ مِن بَناتِ الأَرضِ ما

السُحبُ تُرضِعُ مِن بَناتِ الأَرضِ ما

جَعَلَ الرَبيعُ لَها الغُصونَ مَهودا

جَعَلَ الرَبيعُ لَها الغُصونَ مَهودا

The clouds suckle, among the daughters of earth, those

The clouds suckle those among the earth’s daughters

for whom spring has made the boughs into cradles.

for whom spring has made the boughs cradles.

وَالراحُ قَد نَظَمَ المِزاجُ لِجيدِها

وَالراحُ قَد نَظَمَ المِزاجُ لِجيدِها

دُرَّ الحَبابِ قَلائِداً وَعُقودا

دُرَّ الحَبابِ قَلائِداً وَعُقودا

And wine—the mingling has strung around her neck

And wine—the admixture has strung about her neck

the bubbles’ pearls, as necklaces and strands.

pearls of foam as necklaces and strings of beads.

فَاِستَجلِ مِنها ما إِذا اِفتُرِعَت غَدا

فَاِستَجلِ مِنها ما إِذا اِفتُرِعَت غَدا

مِنها السُرورُ لِبَعلِها مَولودا

مِنها السُرورُ لِبَعلِها مَولودا

Then behold her unveiled: when she is deflowered,

So unveil some of her: once she is deflowered, there comes

joy becomes, from her, a newborn to her bridegroom.

from her joy, a newborn child for her husband.

وَاِنعَم بِها في ظِلِّ صِحَّتِكَ الَّتي

وَاِنعَم بِها في ظِلِّ صِحَّتِكَ الَّتي

أَضحى عَلَيكَ رِواقِها مَمدودا

أَضحى عَلَيكَ رِواقِها مَمدودا

And savor her beneath the shade of your health, whose

And delight in her beneath the shade of your health,

canopy now stretches wide above you.

whose canopy has been spread over you.